20$ THE CHRISTIAN NATURALIST. 



surveyed the characteristic beauties of Spring, Sum- 

 raer and Autumn ; examined the most interesting of 

 its Insect Tribes ; meditated upon the wonders of the 

 Starry Heavens ; ascended the Cornish Tors ; expatia- 

 ted over the waves of the mighty Ocean ; moralized 

 upon the Falling Leaf; and now we are again arrived 

 at that month which closes the calendar of nature, and 

 shuts up the scenes of her revolving drama. What 

 now remains but to drop the curtain over this brief 

 display of the works of God, and to recommend to all 

 those who have gone along with us in this brief sur- 

 vey, to seek for a more extensive knowledge, or a 

 more habitual acquaintance with those interesting topics 

 of enquiry, upon which the necessary limits here pre- 

 scribed to the Christian Naturalist have only permitted 

 him to suggest a few imperfect hints. Rapidly as we 

 have passed over the field of our observations, it will be 

 admitted that enough has been said to shew, that the 

 more we look into the operations of nature, the greater 

 cause we shall see, to admire and bless the divine hand 

 by "which they are all guided and directed. We can- 

 not contemplate these with any attention, without being 

 struck -with the importance of attending to them more 

 earnestly, and without feeling the force of St. Paul's 



